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manoseadas

English translation: battered

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Spanish term or phrase:manoseadas
English translation:battered
Entered by: Carol Gullidge

05:19 May 8, 2022
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Spanish term or phrase: manoseadas
Buenas,

Me podrían ayudar a traducir el término "manoseada" en la siguiente oración, por favor.

Oración: Las sucias y manoseadas máquinas tragamonedas eran su peor vicio".

Contexto: esta oración se encuentra en cuento y la palabra se refiere a que estas máquinas son muy utilizadas por muchas personas, por lo tanto son muy manipuladas.

Muchas gracias por la ayuda.
José Pablo Corrales
Costa Rica
battered
Explanation:
i.e., overused, worn out, decrepit

In this case, the machines were both grimy and battered

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Note added at 1 day 1 hr (2022-05-09 07:01:06 GMT) Post-grading
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No problem!
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Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:29
Grading comment
Thank you very much!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2practically worn out/run down
Barbara Cochran, MFA
4 +2battered
Carol Gullidge
4 +1manhandled
neilmac
3 +2shopworn
Cecilia Gowar
3 +1in and on which so many hands have been placed
Marcelo González
4well-worn
liz askew


  

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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
manhandled


Explanation:
An option: "The grubby, manhandled slot machines were his worst vice"....


    https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/grubby
    https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/manhandle
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 17:29
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 155

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  slothm: Perfectly conveys the idea behind the phrase.
7 hrs
  -> Cheers :-)
neutral  liz askew: Manhandle - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com https://www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › manhandle When you manhandle something, you pick it up, push it, or pull it roughly. You might gasp watching movers manhandle your fragile furniture as
8 hrs
  -> Your definition fits exactly with how fruit machines are treated by the users, i.e. (man)handled roughly. I stand by my suggestion.
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
shopworn


Explanation:
Otras opciones

tired/well-worn/weathered


Cecilia Gowar
United Kingdom
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 227

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  neilmac: I like "well worn" for this too...
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Neil!
agree  liz askew: well-worn
7 hrs
  -> Thanks Liz!
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
practically worn out/run down


Explanation:
https://m.interglot.com/es/en/manoseado

From overuse.

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 11:29
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 103

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  neilmac: I was going to post "worn" initially, but change my mind and went for manhandled. I think this is the idea - tatty and worn out through overuse,
53 mins
  -> Thank you, neilmac.
agree  Phoenix III
6 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
in and on which so many hands have been placed


Explanation:
The dirty slot machines, on which so many hands have placed/lain, were his only vice.

Algo como, a las que tantos (les) han metido la mano

A slight change to the sentence structure may be helpful.

Another option might be, '...much-handled' but I'm not so sure the cheating or manipulating part of the message would be understood or insuated as clearly.

slot machines/one-arm bandits

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Note added at 8 hrs (2022-05-08 14:12:22 GMT)
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I had thought of 'manhandled' too, but this wouldn't convey the other meaning, too (suggested by the asker) of manipulated, or rigged, with hands being placed on and *in* the (slot) machines.

Marcelo González
United States
Local time: 05:29
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 44

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  José Patrício: Muy poético - una máquina muy usada a very used machine
19 mins
  -> Exacto, máquinas usadas, así como manipuladas. Gracias, José, y saludos :-)
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
well-worn


Explanation:
https://en.pons.com/translate/spanish-english/manoseada

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:29
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
battered


Explanation:
i.e., overused, worn out, decrepit

In this case, the machines were both grimy and battered

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Note added at 1 day 1 hr (2022-05-09 07:01:06 GMT) Post-grading
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No problem!

Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:29
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 315
Grading comment
Thank you very much!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard
2 hrs
  -> thanks Phil!
agree  Noni Gilbert Riley
6 hrs
  -> Thanks Noni!
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